Smart Money Choice$

Not enough cash coming in?
Many small businesses battle cash flow problems, sometimes for years. This can be dangerous, especially in a choppy economy.
If you have frequent cash flow pinches, these days you’re really living on the edge.
If you’re tired of the “excitement” and want to avoid ultimate disaster, you need to be asking some important [...]

If you are using any version of QuickBooks 2007 (or older), you need to pay attention to this.
Effective May 31, 2010, Intuit (the makers of QuickBooks financial software) will discontinue live telephone support and add-on services for QuickBooks 2007 software (all versions).
Services that will be discontinued:
Assisted Payroll
Basic Payroll
Enhanced Payroll
Standard Payroll
Employee Organizer
Merchant Service
Billing Solution (formerly QuickBooks [...]

We are already one-third of the way through the year. Have your revenue numbers been improving?
I came across some revealing stats recently that are quite eye-opening about what’s really going on with A LOT of small businesses. I made a quick video to show what the numbers are really telling us about what we need [...]

The major tax deadline of April 15th is quickly approaching for non-corporation businesses (sole proprietorships, partnerships and LLCs). Here are five quick tax-savings tips you don’t want to forget before the deadline arrives in all its glory.
1. Home Office Deduction
Generally, you can deduct business expenses that apply
to a part of your home if that part [...]

Most businesses have at least a few ways to accept payment from their customers. It may be in the form of collecting cash, debit or credit cards, or by check, either up front, at the time of delivery of the product or service, or sometime after the sales transaction has been completed.
But more and more [...]